Cairngorms National Park and Monadhliath. Also includes the Ben Alder area hills between Loch Ericht and Loch Laggan.
Cairngorms NP and Monadhliath
Monday 27th September 2021
Last updated
Sun 26th Sep 21 at
2:24PM
Residual heavy rain and low cloud from overnight will clear east in morning. Chiller conditions follow to all areas with a gusty southwesterly wind and showers; most frequent across Wales and also western Scotland where they will fall as sleet on the highest munros.
Heavy rain at first. Then mostly dry with tops clearing, but windy.
West to southwesterly increasing through morning to 20mph by midday, then 25 to 35mph through the afternoon.
Increasingly blustery through afternoon with conditions fairly arduous with significant wind chill and buffeting.
Heavy rain clearing, then mostly dry
Wet start, as heavy rain from overnight lingers for a few hours after dawn. Then a drier afternoon follows with just the odd shower; mainly to the west of the A9.
Early banks clearing, then mostly clear.
Banks of low cloud at first, but soon dispersing to leave hills mostly clear, although occasional patches possible on tops.
30% lifting to 80%
Cloudy start, but increasingly thinning to allow periods of sun into the afternoon. Visibility good or very good, but slight haze.
3 to 5C
Soon close to freezing highest tops.
Cairngorms NP and Monadhliath
Tuesday 28th September 2021
Last updated
Sun 26th Sep 21 at
2:24PM
Southwesterly in the range 20 to 30mph, may ease during the afternoon.
Will likely impede walking across the hills for several hours with marked buffeting and wind chill.
Occasional showers
A few showers will move in from the southwest through the day, sleet highest tops. Risk of showers merging to give steady rain later in the day.
Occasionally lowering onto tops.
Tops likely clear for periods, especially east of the A9, but bases will lower at times down to 1000-1200m; most frequently towards Ben Alder.
60%
Occasional patches of sun, but mostly cloudy in the west. Visibility very good.
3 to 5C
Just above highest tops
Cairngorms NP and Monadhliath
Wednesday 29th September 2021
Last updated
Sun 26th Sep 21 at
2:24PM
Northwesterly 35 to 45mph at dawn, will ease to around 20-30mph into the afternoon.
Expect arduous conditions through morning with significant wind chill and buffeting; conditions slowly easing.
Isolated, if any, showers
Very likely dry much of the day. However, risk of the odd shower, these mostly occurring west of the A9.
Occasional patches tops, but often clear.
Occasional patches lowering onto tops, mostly in the morning when perhaps fairly persistent N Cairngorms. Very little by afternoon.
60%
Occasional patches of sunshine. Visibility very good.
1 to 3C; coldest early morning.
1000m at first, lifting to around 1200m
An unsettled and windy period of weather over the next 7 to 10 days with frequent areas of low pressure bringing bouts of upland gales or severe gales and rain; large falls accumulating across western hills. Chillier than of late, some days near freezing on higher Scottish tops with sleet and wet snow at times on the highest Munros.